Cutaneous malignant melanoma: Scoring system to assist in the histopathologic diagnosis;Melanoma maligno cutâneo: Sistema de pontos (scoring system) para auxílio no diagnóstico histopatológico

Jornal Brasileiro de Patologia e Medicina Laboratorial

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 375-383

  Veronese, Luiz Alberto ^a,b,c   Corrente, José Eduardo ^b   Marques, Mariangela Esther Alencar ^b  

^a Instituto de Patologia de Araçatuba SP   (Brazil)

^b SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^c Departamento de Patologia da FMB/UNESP ^*  (Brazil)

Author keywords

Differential diagnosis; Melanoma; Scoring system; Spitz nevus

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846302795     PISSN: 16762444     EISSN: 16784774     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1676-24442006000500009     Document Type: Article

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